Categories
What the UK public sector buys
32 categories of public spending, each showing who buys, who currently holds the work, what a typical contract is worth, and which contracts are approaching their end date.
- 32
- categories
- 473,082
- contracts since 2021
- 60,140
- ending in the next 18 months
Categories come from the CPV codes buyers publish on each award notice. Figures cover January 2021 onward and are comprehensive from 2023. The square and the table below use the same figures. Click a category to see its buyers, suppliers and renewals.
Size by
Business and professional services: 54,393 · 11%Health and social care: 52,113 · 11%Construction works: 50,659 · 11%Transport services: 39,725 · 8%IT services: 32,911 · 7%Software and information systems: 29,313 · 6%Architecture and engineering: 28,265 · 6%Education and training: 25,600 · 5%Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals: 16,846 · 4%Repair and maintenance: 14,396 · 3%Vehicles and transport equipment: 14,289 · 3%Research and development: 13,757 · 3%Environmental and waste services: 11,599 · 2%Construction materials and structures: 8,762 · 2%Financial and insurance services: 8,471 · 2%Office and computing equipment: 8,029 · 2%Laboratory and precision equipment: 7,628 · 2%Electrical equipment and lighting: 6,372 · 1%
Business and professional services: 7,640 · 13%Software and information systems: 5,995 · 10%IT services: 5,388 · 9%Construction works: 4,967 · 8%Health and social care: 4,229 · 7%Architecture and engineering: 3,982 · 7%Education and training: 3,642 · 6%Transport services: 3,623 · 6%Repair and maintenance: 2,562 · 4%Vehicles and transport equipment: 1,899 · 3%Environmental and waste services: 1,587 · 3%Medical equipment and pharmaceuticals: 1,499 · 2%Research and development: 1,455 · 2%Financial and insurance services: 1,372 · 2%Communications and broadcast equipment: 978 · 2%Office and computing equipment: 955 · 2%Construction materials and structures: 882 · 1%Laboratory and precision equipment: 745 · 1%
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